At 8:45 I turned on the TV (something I don't normally do)and my set was tuned to “The Graham Norton Show” (a program I’ve never seen) on BBC America (a station I rarely watch.) I was just about to change the channel to something educational and/or inspiring when, WHOA!!!-Cake Wrecks. I guess I was just meant to see it. Mr. Norton, some British Celebrities not familiar to me, and I had a good hearty laugh (but only I felt like I was watching my friend on the BBC.) I think I’ll turn on the TV at 8:45 tomorrow morning and see what shows up.

Oh, so yucky! That wedding cake should be for the opening day of a water park. Their slogan? "Water slides so steep, they scare the crap out of you".Really, though, I can't decide if those poo-shells look more like they are sliding off the cake, or doing some kind of zombie-crawl up it.

I thought the Sponge Bob cake was about as bad as it could be --- then I saw the other cakes... Don't these bakers have any idea what poo looks like???? Still, I'll never look at Sponge Bob again quite the same way...

I've followed/lurked your blog for a long time and never commented before but I couldn't stop myself today. Those Giant Poop Fingers of Doom are the most disgusting things I've ever seen on a cake and you've had some crazy ugly cakes. Thank goodness breakfast has been down for awhile because I gagged a little. Ugh.

Is the pine tree BLEEDING all over that cake? What a horror show today's post was--whether you see poop, or intestinal tapeworm type parasites (yes, I am looking at you, "Spongebob"), or giant slugs/grubs/intestines/sandworms. Urgh. (actually, after re-reading that list, the poo option actually seems nicer!) Double Urgh.

Please add a warning at the top of today's post that you should not read it with a full stomach. Or before eating. Or while alone. Or in the dark. Or before bedtime. It is quite disgusting. And a waste of good chocolate icing.

First cake reminds me of how my sister-in-law used to always call my oldest daughter "peanut." Only problem was that my daughter always heard it as the word for a certain portion of male anatomy, and one day asked me why her aunt kept calling her that, because it was such a strange thing to call a girl.

Not one but TWO cakes that look like they're infested with something horrid. >< I really thought those seashells were slugs, and the poop fingers... *gak* I think I just heard that sound you described coming out of my own throat. It's like the cake is being devoured by a teeming mass of giant slimy grubs. NOT exactly giving me an appetite!

Wreakerator's co-worker, upon being triumphantly shown the final product: What the HECK is THAT supposed to be?

Wreakerator: I was constipated for a WEEK, but this morning it all finally came out. This is a tribute to being regeler again.

Co-worker: Yeah, I don't think you'll ever be regular. Please don't put that in the display case. No really, you have to remove it. Oh geeze, someone just took a picture. Great, now we get to see your poop tribute on Cake Wrecks.

OK, so scatological humor is usually something I just don't find funny. But I think "gnarly poop fingers of doom" might be the funniest thing I've ever read. Like, ever... Just sayin'. Also, follows my reaction to Sponge Bob: *Reading, reading, smiling, reading... Oh hey, it's Sponge Bob! What's it doing on this page? Sponge Bob eyes, Sponge Bob nose, Sponge Bo--- What the Pho?!* That decorator was extra diabolical for getting the rest of it almost right so that poo just sneaks right up on you. And PS, the baker who tried to sell that manure pile with a Christmas Tree on it should be fired. The End. *hurk!*

I have never before been so strongly affected by a photo of a cake. That last one seriously looks like intestines, or a bunch of rotting fingers....soooooo gross! I feel sick! This is the best wreck post yet!

Wow. I've seen some horror shows on CW in my many years of loyal reading, but this is the first time my gag reflex has seriously gone off. Those were full on disgusting. I cannot fathom how they made it into the light of day.

OK, I took another peek at Sponge Bob after reading additional comments. And now I have the children's song -- "nobody likes me/everybody hates me/going to the garden to eat worms!/Big fat shiny worms... "

Now I'm queasy.

But thanks for bringing a smile to my face every day! Especially today: computer at work kept crashing so you get the credit for keeping me even-tempered ;)

Thanks! I was longing for a cookie until I saw your yucky post of the day!! Gag,umm,'scuse me! Who lives in a pineapple under the sea and eats poop from the starfish???Sponge Bob (I guess)! You always make me laugh. And by the way I have several cake wrecks for you but they are by my sister-in-law and she would know who sent them. She has been taking Wilton classes for a while now and honestly she doesn't seem to be improving! In fact one of hers is worse than Sponge Bob! Bless her heart!

After seeing that last cake, reading about equine intestinal parasites during lunch is not that bad. I wonder if the Wreckerators would get the hint if you left an empty box of Ivermectin on the counter?TXRed

wv: dopaqual As in "They've become resistant to Ivermectin. Better get out the Dopaqual paste and see if that will kill all the bots and worms."

Sharyn @ 12p: You took my very thought on that last cake. A very loud, audible gasp followed by "Dear God, what is that thing?". I sincerely cannot understand what the baker had going through their head thinking that that cake would sell.

Ewwwwwwwwwww that last cake and the Sponge Bob cake are going to give me nightmares tonight. Why oh why don't they see that brown frosting usually turns into evil looking turds on cakes? Either the wreckerators are blind or think the customers are lol.

I have a title for the second one: "Murder in the Woods." It just kept ringing in my head while I stared, befuddled, at such a bizarre creation. I'm assuming that the cake was done via a request, otherwise the decorator might need a psych evaluation for homicidal ideation...

As for the poop fingers, all sorts of other horrible analogies come to mind, including that it looks like small, limp poop penises. If you look at them that way, you might start to actually feel sorry for them.

Since I'm interested in losing weight, Jen, I seriously thought about printing out a copy of a pic of that last cake and posting it on my fridge. I lost my appetite and began feeling a bit nauseous when that hideous pic came into view, so it would definitely keep me from raiding the fridge. However I don't think my husband would appreciate a pic of a cake covered in frosting depicting raw sheep intestines constantly in his direct line of sight. I've seen bugly cakes a plenty here, but THAT ONE literally takes the cake!

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